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Originally Posted by scca229
After working with the official FIRST defenses....I'll stick with my term, unlikely. Dealing with them brought to mind the mentality of "belt and suspenders". They are heavy (Field Reset is going to earn their Volunteer Food this year) and extremely well built. My wife would probably bring out the term, over-engineered, which I would agree with but very much needed in an FRC field due to exactly what you brought up.
Unlikely also does not mean never. However, FIRST does not want to have to ship out replacements especially since they would have to be extreme rushed to get to the next stop for that field (read: EXPENSIVE) so it was in their best interest to make sure these things will perform at least as specified.
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Replying to myself because it looks like FIRST has some work to do on the Cheval de Frise (the most vulnerable to physical damage). In the first 9 matches in Palmetto, 3 times this one has been disabled (and now taken out of the mix while they are figuring out a plan). I wish the stream was better than 280p so that I could see what was actually happening to them.
This is one reason why a Week 0.5 was considered a good thing. There are lots of FIRST people onsite and at HQ to work the problem.